Native American, Southwestern United States, Arizona, Anasazi (Ancestral Puebloan), Four-Mile style, ca. 1325 to 1400 CE. A gorgeous pottery bowl with a rounded base and circular, inward-curved rim, formed via the coil and scrape method. As is traditional of Four-Mile style pottery of the Anasazi people, this lovely vessel boasts decor of black and white slip on a red slip ground. The exterior is adorned with a central register of horizontal and vertical striations in white flanked by two solid bands to black. The interior is decorated with a black and white border encompassing the rim and a geometric motif of half-circle and wedge forms. This type of pottery production was concentrated in the Sierra Ancha, below the Mogollon Rim in present-day Arizona. Size: 7.25" in diameter x 3.25" H (18.4 cm x 8.3 cm)
Provenance: private New Jersey, USA collection; ex-R. G. Munn Auctions, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA in February 2001; ex-Robert G. Whiteside collection (#67); found at Four-Mile Run Ruin
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Condition
Base has collection label and the number 399 inscribed in black ink on a strip of white paint. Repaired from about fourteen to twenty pieces with break lines and adhesive visible in areas. Some new clay has been applied to a few of the breaks. Two chips to rim. Four drill holes along sides. Lightly abraded area on base. Otherwise, very good with excellent remaining pigment.